Adrian Boy Name

The name Adrian is of Latin origin, and is derived from the name of an ancient town in Italy.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Adrian has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Adrian

Use of the Name Adrian for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

139,184

127,294

98,518

51,130

28,521

12,124

6,052

The table below indicates the number of times the name Adrian has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Adrian

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

403

18

1881

504

12

1882

426

18

1883

480

14

1884

663

9

1885

547

12

1886

431

17

1887

488

13

1888

431

19

1889

465

16

1890

434

17

1891

441

16

1892

460

18

1893

539

13

1894

464

18

1895

477

18

1896

417

22

1897

360

27

1898

506

17

1899

322

30

1900

431

27

1901

335

29

1902

388

26

1903

411

23

1904

368

30

1905

360

33

1906

356

34

1907

406

31

1908

356

41

1909

396

38

1910

414

42

1911

378

55

1912

331

129

1913

325

156

1914

353

174

1915

349

233

1916

346

242

1917

331

269

1918

309

327

1919

341

274

1920

350

282

1921

356

284

1922

354

278

1923

310

337

1924

312

337

1925

360

269

1926

348

276

1927

403

221

1928

390

231

1929

383

226

1930

409

203

1931

383

213

1932

385

210

1933

388

196

1934

384

202

1935

370

212

1936

368

217

1937

362

223

1938

354

247

1939

354

247

1940

372

237

1941

362

260

1942

392

238

1943

412

220

1944

389

240

1945

392

232

1946

383

288

1947

397

298

1948

391

301

1949

377

317

870

101

1950

390

297

878

102

1951

364

354

945

96

1952

353

370

944

97

1953

344

403

1954

368

367

1955

349

425

1956

352

438

979

107

1957

350

464

1958

366

448

1959

358

479

1960

327

557

1961

313

627

1962

291

701

871

146

1963

306

651

963

121

1964

275

787

829

160

1965

268

770

949

116

1966

266

754

776

159

1967

247

819

627

231

1968

231

956

638

231

1969

225

1,036

714

198

1970

200

1,292

714

215

1971

178

1,498

672

230

1972

158

1,673

634

241

1973

154

1,608

723

199

1974

138

1,815

739

192

1975

133

1,944

700

211

1976

125

2,114

704

209

1977

121

2,259

614

273

1978

112

2,297

554

314

1979

112

2,364

539

347

1980

115

2,387

541

347

1981

115

2,456

579

317

1982

117

2,507

497

408

1983

107

2,540

439

480

1984

107

2,651

452

457

1985

93

3,125

518

387

1986

99

2,941

618

306

1987

102

2,836

562

355

1988

101

3,212

558

383

1989

100

3,410

665

305

1990

94

3,999

602

375

1991

93

3,914

663

328

1992

96

3,854

702

307

1993

99

3,754

668

326

1994

98

3,802

834

241

1995

96

3,909

850

229

1996

92

4,106

907

216

1997

95

4,108

878

230

1998

70

5,423

861

246

1999

79

5,063

2000

78

5,326

997

212

2001

75

5,408

2002

73

5,663

2003

68

6,072

2004

72

6,052

Totals:

139,184

10,751

During the last 125 years, parents have used Adrian as a boy's name about 92% of the time and less frequently (about 7% of the time) as a girl's name.